> >  Although, I don't think poll() was available when qmail 1.03 was
> >  originally written (wasn't it in 1999 or something?).
>
> For which OS? I'm pretty sure Solaris has had it for a very long time,
> FreeBSD's poll() man page is dated Sept 7, 1996 with a notation that it
> originally came from AT&T System V UNIX. As for Linux:
>
> AVAILABILITY
>        The  poll()  systemcall  was  introduced  in  Linux 2.1.23.  The
> poll()        library call was introduced in  libc  5.4.28  (and
> provides  emulation        using select if your kernel does not have a
> poll syscall).
>
> kernel 2.1.23 was released on 28-Jan-1997
>
> libc 5.4.28 was released on 10-May-1997
>

qmail 0.70 beta was relased 24-Jan-1996
qmail 1.01 was relase 15-Apr-1997 - just before libc 5.4.28 was released
qmail 1.03 was relased 15-Jun-1998

There was no official work done on qmail since then.

Jay

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